Metallic railway-tie.



W. H. SHEAR.

IBI'ALLIO RAILWAY Ill.

API'IJOATIOI manna. [0, 1000.

2mm M11, 1910.

INVENTOR mlituhh-mi-tnl.

WILLIAM H. SHEAR. OF COBYMANS. NEW YORK.

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lpecltlcatten 0t Lrttera Patent.

l'llltllk'll Jun. ll, 1010.

Application luau September 10, 09. Intel In. 7.0".

To all who, it may ronrn'u; ltc it known that l-. Wtnnnu ll. Susan,

u'citiron of the United States, residing in metallic railway-tie which will he cconomil'ul in cotwtructinn untl practical in operation. I uluuin thc-o objects by means of u i'uilnuy-tic colon-meted as shown in the acconipuuying drawing. in which--- Figure l is a plan view of in, railway-tie in poution. allowing the bed-plate. chimps uml mil Fig. :2 is an elevation of my tic, allowing tho Inuhpluteu, chunph ltllt-l viola in section.

Hilnilul' letters refer to ailnilui' throughout the h't'l't'l'lll views.

A. represents the metallic nulwuytic which may he coin-truc ed of steel 01' other l lnch end of the tie is folded nmh-r it elf where the I'ttll rests upon the tie, on .-ho\\'n in Fig. 2, lt'ttlill v n vucnnt space lu-twc'eu llnl'nhlctl clnl ttmitlu'. lmtly oi the tlomnlcrthc mrtiou upon which the roll route. The cull u. of the tie is turned up ward at an angle so that the end a. rests tuzuiuat the under side of the tie. This term of construction gives at certain amount of elasticity to the tic when lu-uv trains are pushing over the ruil-. ll ii. are hint-plates to support the t-ntlu of the tie under the ruils. 'l'hcac. hctl-plutcs are made of .-'uitul lo ltllll and length to propcrlv sup )fit'lthe tie and the weight of the rui s nml curs upon the rail. They may he unnlc thicker in the center where they sustuin the greatest. weight. The hetlilutcs It It. have the ends I: In extending downward into the ground nt uu obtuse angle, as shown in Fig. 2. Those ends b b. tend to prevent the lu'tl-plute trout aliiliu r upon the ground and also being at an obtuse nn lc when the trains panning over them cause t ie brd-plntcs spring. Theends h b. Wlll "Jqruthcr dirt um er the bed-plates and thus tend to lump the ailway-had. 1 also conntruct llungos, I," b on the upper surface of the inner t'lltlH of the lied-platen and llunlgea h It upon the upper surface of the sides, to collect any precipitation of moisture there may be and cause it to be discharged at the other end on the outside of the track, so as to protect the rend-bed us much an poaeihle. U G are clumping plates by which the rails R R are clumped upon the ties.

D D'arc bolts passing through the clam ing plates 0 C and screwed into properl; a weed screw-holes in the tie A. 'lhe holta It. E in like manner fasten the ends of the tie upon the top of the bed-plates B B.

F F are lugs or tlu'nge on the upper aurfnce of the bed-plates B B at the sides 01 the tie A. These lugs may be cost on the bedlatcs B B and are so spaced that the lie 1 will fit between them and they serve to materially strengthen the tie A and to sustain the side thrusts and strain upon the tie A. especially when heavy trains are run] Hill at rapid rutefl annual curves.

'l to clamping plates 0 C are made of anv hlllllllll" COllblltlCllOlt to properly hold the mile R it upon the tie.

Constructed in this way a metallic railway-tie will provide as much elasticity to the rail when heavy truina'are goin over it as is provided by the ordinary w on tie. .-\t the same time the rail will be held safely and securely in place without the pox-uliility ol' .aprcutling nml the tie will luat-uu intlelinitc length of time, thus making a metallic tie a? thoroughly practical and cheaper and safer than the-wooden tie.

What I claim as my invention and deaim to secure by Letters Patent is,

l. A railway-tie consisting of a metal'uc her having its ends bent under itself leavi \tlt'ttltl spnt'tfrt lwltt't't'tl the bent-uni en l and the body of the tie on the our are u which the rail rests, in combination with metal bed-plates adapted to sustain the ends of the tie and rue-mafor fn tcnin the rail to the u per sin-tum of the meta tin and lllt'ttllH l'or fiwtcning the bent-under ends upon the. upper snri'uco ot' the lwhplnte, nuhstuntiully us ihwu'ihetl.

2. A railway-tie eonelating of a metallic her having its ends hent under itaclt. leuvtn vacant spaces between the ht-ut-undcr en a and the hodv of the tie outhe nurture of which the rail rests, in combination with Ilt0- tallic bed-plates having their enda bent downward at an obtuse angle and having tlangt-a upon the upper aurlaceot the inner ende and the aidca uda ted to conduct moisture to the, enter on of the bed-plates, 

